The dumbest girl Ive ever met

So I cant believe that I forgot to tell this story about my flight out here, I was so excited about the free flight vouchers that I totally forgot. All of us have been stuck on an airplane sitting next to a fat smelly man. Well on my flight out here I was sitting at my normal window spot when a young attractive girl came and sat down in the isle seat next to me. It was nice because the flight was not full so there was an empty seat between us that gave me some extra room. Anyhow I started BS'ing with this girl. She went to UMBC and was flying to Vegas to catch a connecting flight to Reno to see her boyfriend. Now right off the bat I could tell that she was perhaps not the sharpest knife in the drawer. She changed her major from communications to mas-communications because it was easier and she was in her sixth year and was hoping to graduate this year but it was not looking likely. Anyhow she was concerned that she was going to miss her connecting flight in Vegas. She had absolutely no concept of time zones and no matter how many times I explained it to her she had no idea. She kept turning on her cell phone to check the time, thats right turning on her phone mid-flight. Anyhow the time on her phone would change as we crossed time zones and she just didnt get it. She said things like, "it was 4:30 and now its 3:45, i dont get it", I explained and she nodded like she got it, but she didnt. She then said "when we land in Vegas and its 5:30 what time will it be in Maryland", I told her that Maryland would be three hours ahead, she said, "oh so it will be like 3:30". It was ridiculous. Just when I thought I would give her the benefit of the doubt that maybe she just wasnt good at math, she said perhaps the dumbest thing that I have ever heard. Some background info: we had a leg from Missouri to Vegas, its normally like a 2.5 hour flight but we had a 140 MPH headwind and the flight was going to take 4 hours. I explained to her that wind coming at us that fast would cause the plane to go slower, she didnt get that either. When we where descending to land in Vegas she looked out the window and said "Oh my god, were going backwards, why is the plane going backwards". I assured her that the plane was not flying backwards and she assured me that it was indeed flying backwards. I just said "ya your right we are flying backwards thats weird.

Heavenly

I had the weekend off out here in Sacramento so I decided to go snowboarding in the mountains. The only resorts that I have ever been to have been in PA, where the Vertical difference between the top and bottom of the hill are about 500 feet and it gets so Icy that its more like ice skating than it is snowboarding. So I went to a resort in Tahoe called Heavenly, it has a vertical drop of 3500 hundred feet and the top of the mountain is around 10,500 feet. It was so high up that I was instantly exhausted from the slightest amount of work. The view from up there was insane, here are some pics:

Bottom line is that is was basically amazing. I cant wait until Char comes out here next week so I can sow here all of these sweet places.

Bumped

So Im back out in Sacramento. On my way out here I had to fly to Pheonix and then get a connection to Sacramento. My flight to Pheonix was over booked and they where looking for volunteers to get 'bumped'. Well there was another flight to Sacramento in like an hour so I volunteered. It was awsome, sure my next flight made two stops and thats always a pain but I only got to Sacramento two hours later than I would have originally and I got a voucher for $490 worth of free flights. Hell Ya!!! So I booked Char a flight out here next weekend. It really could not have worked out any better.

American Cars

They say that new fuel efficiency standards are killing the US auto industry. Mitt says that its a "anvil" on the back of auto makers. This is such horse shit. I dont have time to go into a huge rant right now but I feel one brewing in the next few days here. I think the American car has been in trouble for a long time. If you also think that the way to jump start the industry is to get rid of fuel efficiency standards that dont take effect for years and are still lower than many other developed countries, than I hate you..

I began today as I begin every day. My alarm goes off at 5:50am and I spring to life. I sprint out of bed and go downstairs to a coffee pot that has just finished brewing because I set the timer the night before. I then began what is probably the most relaxing and enjoyable time in my day. I watch CNN, drink coffee and surf the web for half an hour. I then get ready and begin my outlandish commute to Gaithersburg, travel coffee mug in hand. Once I am in the truck I pretty much continue my morning ritual, only instead of watching CNN and surfing the net I listen to NPR and drive.
This is where today deviated from the norm. I was around 20 minutes into my drive and I could no longer listen to whos ahead in the polls in South Carolina or Pundets debating if Hillary Clintons tears where real or a carefully orchestrated political move so I turned off the radio. My mind began to wander and I started thinking about what I was going to make for dinner that night. I decided on a tofu indian dish that i have been wanting to make. I was then excited to think that I could use my new wooden spoons to stir the tofu as I cooked it in a frying pan. I then began contemplating what else I could use the spoons for and how much I enjoyed stirring things with large wooden spoons. I thought about making cookies so could stir the dough, making stir fry and the list went on. I thought about which vessel I preferred stirring things in with my large wooden spoons, large wooden bowls, casserole dishes, pots, pans and more. I then arrived at work. It took me a minute to exit the truck because It had just occurred to me that I had spent the last half an hour of my life thinking about a wooden spoon. I did not think about driving, work, life or anything, simply the spoon. Very Wierd.
I just cooked dinner and the spoon performed amazingly.

Irony...

Due to everyone I know now jumping on the blog bandwagon I updated the links to the right. Ironic how those who gave me the most shit for having a blog now have their own, you know who you are.
My computer crashed and I lost every picture that I have taken for the last five years. That really sucks, Ill see what I can scrounge up from my outbox and flickr but for the most part all is lost. Take this as a friendly reminder to back up all of your crap. I learned a bit about laptops when i installed a new harddrive and ran the recovery disks and for a while I felt like tough shit, then I realized that any 12 year old raised today can probably do the same thing and much faster. That kinda brang me back to reality.
I finally started my mutual fund (Roth IRA) the other day. Ive had the money sitting in my account for some time now while I have been researching some different funds. I was pumped the first day when I checked my balance I had made five bucks. I thought "man, I must be really good at this", I contemplated my life as a day trader, never having to sit in an office again. Since then I have lost almost one hundred dollars in three days. So much for that idea. Back to the drawing board.